Pelosi Statement on President Obama Signing Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act
Posted on: Monday, 22 June 2009, 14:14 CDT
"Today, President Obama has joined Congress in taking a giant step toward making America healthier. This bipartisan legislation grants the FDA the authority to regulate tobacco products and marketing, which will help to protect public health, prevent disease, and stop tobacco companies from hooking America's children on their deadly product.
"All Americans have benefited from the oversight of the FDA on foods that we eat and medicines we take. Yet, despite the fact that tobacco is one of the deadliest products in America, the FDA has had no authority to regulate it. Today, this new law corrects that wrong.
"I salute President Obama for joining Chairmen
SOURCE Office of the Speaker of the House
Source: PR Newswire
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